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Last week you heard from campaigners Jos Bell and Sue Marsh about how LFF had helped their causes. Yesterday we read that pressure is building on the government to do more for women’s sport – an issue that we championed long before Jessica Ennis, Nicola Adams and Laura Trott stormed to gold.